Jürgen Prochnow (born 10 June 1941) is a German-American actor. His international breakthrough was his portrayal of the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Commander "Der Alte" ("Old Man") in the 1981 war film Das Boot.
Jürgen Prochnow (born 10 June 1941) is a German-American actor. His international breakthrough was his portrayal of the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Commander "Der Alte" ("Old Man") in the 1981 war film Das Boot.
He is also known for his roles in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975), Dune (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), The English Patient (1996), Air Force One (1997), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and played Sergei Bazhaev on the eighth season of 24 (2010). He is a Goldene Kamera, Bavarian Film Awards, and Bambi Award winner.
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Filmography (Movies)
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Character:Himself
Release Date:10/09/2025
The Last Rifleman
Character:Friedrich Mueller
Release Date:07/12/2023
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2023
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
Character:Self (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:14/10/2021
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Character:Self - Das Boot Actor
Release Date:10/01/2021
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
Character:Wilhelm Schürmann
Release Date:11/12/2020
A Handful of Water
Character:Konrad
Release Date:24/10/2020
A Hidden Life
Character:Major Schlegel
Release Date:27/08/2019
Real Men
Character:Himself - Actor
Release Date:18/07/2019
Damascus Cover
Character:Franz Ludin
Release Date:23/10/2017
The Final Journey
Character:Eduard
Release Date:21/09/2017
Old Agent Men
Character:Kern
Release Date:26/01/2017
Half Brothers
Character:Herr Dryser
Release Date:16/02/2016
The Dark Side of the Moon
Character:Pius Ott
Release Date:14/01/2016
Remember
Character:Rudy Kurlander #4
Release Date:23/10/2015
Hitman: Agent 47
Character:Tobias
Release Date:20/08/2015
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Character:Woodsman
Release Date:16/07/2014
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
Character:Ernst Blessing
Release Date:04/05/2013
Ohne Gnade
Character:Helmutchen
Release Date:02/05/2013
Company of Heroes
Character:Luca Gruenewald
Release Date:25/02/2013
Ein schmaler Grat
Character:Uwe Wolfmann
Release Date:22/01/2013
Die Schuld der Erben
Character:Kurt Hanson
Release Date:05/01/2012
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
Character:Fredo Kovacs
Release Date:02/10/2010
Sinners and Saints
Character:Mr. Rhykin
Release Date:30/06/2010
Spear of Destiny
Character:Baron Von Haan
Release Date:01/04/2010
Oko ve zdi
Character:
Release Date:03/12/2009
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
Character:The Mage
Release Date:25/11/2008
La conjura de El Escorial
Character:Espinosa
Release Date:05/09/2008
Ohne einander
Character:Ernest
Release Date:19/03/2007
Nanking
Character:John Rabe
Release Date:10/02/2007
Primeval
Character:Jacob Krieg
Release Date:12/01/2007
Schröders wunderbare Welt
Character:John Gregory
Release Date:17/11/2006
Beerfest
Character:Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
Release Date:25/08/2006
The Celestine Prophecy
Character:Jensen
Release Date:01/06/2006
The Da Vinci Code
Character:André Vernet
Release Date:17/05/2006
Chain Reaction
Character:Police Man
Release Date:18/03/2006
Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)
Character:Self
Release Date:18/04/2005
See Arnold Run
Character:Arnold Schwarzenegger
Release Date:30/01/2005
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Character:Le baron Hengen
Release Date:10/01/2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character:Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
Release Date:28/07/2004
The Poet
Character:Vashon
Release Date:20/11/2003
Baltic Storm
Character:Erik Westermark
Release Date:01/09/2003
House of the Dead
Character:Kirk
Release Date:11/04/2003
Heart of America
Character:Harold Lewis
Release Date:13/02/2003
Davon stirbt man nicht
Character:Everett Burns
Release Date:31/10/2002
Dark Asylum
Character:Dr. Fallon
Release Date:08/11/2001
Ripper: Letter from Hell
Character:Detective Kelso
Release Date:08/08/2001
Gunblast Vodka
Character:Sacha Roublev
Release Date:08/08/2001
Last Run
Character:Andrus Bukarin
Release Date:01/07/2001
The Elite
Character:Avi
Release Date:28/02/2001
Jack the Dog
Character:Klaus
Release Date:22/01/2001
Final Ascent
Character:Paul
Release Date:05/11/2000
The Last Stop
Character:Fritz
Release Date:16/05/2000
Poison
Character:Carl Krieger
Release Date:04/04/2000
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
Character:Hans Hagemann
Release Date:28/12/1999
Heaven's Fire
Character:Quentin Darby
Release Date:07/08/1999
Der blonde Affe
Character:Jan Vleuten
Release Date:04/04/1999
Esther
Character:Haman
Release Date:29/03/1999
Wing Commander
Character:Cdr. Paul Gerald
Release Date:11/03/1999
The Fall
Character:József Kovács
Release Date:01/02/1999
From China with Love
Character:Paul Konen
Release Date:09/10/1998
Human Bomb
Character:Gerhardt Dach
Release Date:26/05/1998
The Replacement Killers
Character:Michael Kogan
Release Date:06/02/1998
Das Boot - The Director's Cut
Character:der Alte
Release Date:11/12/1997
Air Force One
Character:Alexander Radek
Release Date:25/07/1997
DNA
Character:Dr. Carl Wessinger
Release Date:07/03/1997
The Cry of Love
Character:Holger
Release Date:05/03/1997
The English Patient
Character:Major Muller
Release Date:14/11/1996
On Dangerous Ground
Character:Carl Morgan
Release Date:13/05/1996
Fesseln
Character:Günther
Release Date:28/11/1995
Tödliche Wahl
Character:Alex Bronner
Release Date:20/11/1995
Judge Dredd
Character:Judge Griffin
Release Date:30/06/1995
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/06/1995
In the Mouth of Madness
Character:Sutter Cane
Release Date:03/02/1995
The Other Side of the Law
Character:Simon McQuarie
Release Date:24/12/1994
Guns of Honor
Character:Jack Neumann
Release Date:27/10/1994
Trigger Fast
Character:Jack Neumann
Release Date:06/07/1994
Lie Down with Lions
Character:Marteau
Release Date:12/06/1994
Die Wildnis
Character:Brenner
Release Date:01/10/1993
The Last Border
Character:Duke
Release Date:20/08/1993
Der Fall Lucona
Character:Jorunalist Strasser
Release Date:10/06/1993
Body of Evidence
Character:Dr. Alan Paley
Release Date:15/01/1993
Interceptor
Character:Phillips
Release Date:13/10/1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Character:Woodsman
Release Date:03/06/1992
Hurricane Smith
Character:Charlie Dowd
Release Date:31/01/1992
Robin Hood
Character:Sir Miles Folcanet
Release Date:26/04/1991
The Man Inside
Character:Günter Wallraff
Release Date:26/10/1990
The Schoolmaster
Character:Rozinsky
Release Date:10/08/1990
Kill Cruise
Character:The Skipper
Release Date:05/04/1990
The Fourth War
Character:Col. Valachev
Release Date:12/01/1990
A Dry White Season
Character:Captain Stolz
Release Date:20/09/1989
The Seventh Sign
Character:David Bannon
Release Date:01/04/1988
Beverly Hills Cop II
Character:Maxwell Dent
Release Date:18/05/1987
Devil's Paradise
Character:Escher
Release Date:07/05/1987
Terminus
Character:Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
Release Date:28/01/1987
Killing Cars
Character:Ralph Korda
Release Date:13/02/1986
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Character:Adam Berwid
Release Date:01/10/1985
The Cop & the Girl
Character:Der Bulle
Release Date:18/04/1985
Blitz
Character:Ralph Korda
Release Date:13/03/1985
Dune
Character:Duke Leto Atreides
Release Date:14/12/1984
Forbidden
Character:Fritz Friedländer
Release Date:07/12/1984
The Keep
Character:Captain Klaus Woermann
Release Date:16/12/1983
Love Is Forever
Character:General Siegfried Kaplan
Release Date:20/10/1983
Destination Dune
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1983
War and Peace
Character:Kevin
Release Date:30/09/1982
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
Character:Self
Release Date:20/09/1981
Das Boot
Character:Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Release Date:17/09/1981
So weit das Auge reicht
Character:Alexander Späh
Release Date:08/08/1980
Kotte
Character:Günther Kotte
Release Date:12/02/1979
Operation Ganymed
Character:Oss
Release Date:11/12/1977
The Consequence
Character:Martin Kurath
Release Date:02/12/1977
Hans in Luck
Character:Hans Schmidtke
Release Date:05/10/1976
Shirin's Wedding
Character:Aida
Release Date:20/01/1976
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Character:Ludwig Götten
Release Date:10/01/1975
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
Character:Franz Blum
Release Date:09/08/1974
One or the Other of Us
Character:Bernd Ziegenhals
Release Date:22/04/1974
Tenderness of the Wolves
Character:Hehler
Release Date:12/07/1973
Auf Befehl erschossen
Character:Franz Sass
Release Date:01/12/1972
Knast
Character:Roloff
Release Date:22/11/1972
Zoff
Character:Joky
Release Date:21/01/1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Character:Man at the Meeting Table
Release Date:01/01/1971
Unternehmer
Character:Arnold
Release Date:29/12/1970
Television Appearances
Quizduell-Olymp
Character:Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Character:Self
NCIS: Los Angeles
Character:Mattias Draeger
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
Character:Self
Semperopernball
Character:Self
Nachtschicht
Character:Friedrich Otto Winterstein
24
Character:Sergei Bazhaev
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
Character:Visitatore
Volle Kanne
Character:Self
Beckmann
Character:Self
The Directors
Character:Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character:Self
Leute heute
Character:Self
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Character:Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Alisea and the Dream Prince
Character:Kurdok
Tödliche Wahl
Character:Alex Bronner
The Fire Next Time
Character:Larry Richter
Jewels
Character:Joachim von Mannheim
DAS!
Character:Self
Das Boot
Character:Der Alte
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
A Case For Two
Character:KHK Max Gerber
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
Bavarian Film Awards
Character:Self
NDR Talk Show
Character:Self
Schaurige Geschichten
Character:Piet
Kölner Treff
Character:Self
Scene of the Crime
Character:Dieter Brodschella
Scene of the Crime
Character:Klaus Linder
Scene of the Crime
Character:Hans Rodenburg
Scene of the Crime
Character:Kesting
Bambi
Character:Self
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